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Why “Start With Your Hardest Task” is the Worst Advice

February 19, 2026 | Renée Fishman

“Start with your hardest task” is common productivity advice that fails people with ADHD. But it’s also the wrong advice for neurotypical people.

Filed Under: ADHD, Productivity Tagged With: ADHD, advice, productivity

What’s the Best Workout? Here’s the Unbiased Truth

February 14, 2025 | Renée Fishman

There’s no shortage of opinions about what is the best type of workout and it’s easy to get overwhelmed. I haven’t missed a daily workout in over 11 years, and I’ve done it all. Here’s my unbiased opinion on what’s the best.

Filed Under: Fitness Tagged With: advice, exercise, fitness, sustainability, tips, truth, workout

The Best Weightlifting Advice I’ve Received

February 9, 2025 | Renée Fishman

The belief that progress is linear sets us up to fail — in and out of the gym. This advice helped me remember that the mind doesn’t have the last word on the experience.

Filed Under: CrossFit, Fitness, Productivity Tagged With: advice, body, improvement, mind, progress, stimulus, time, weightlifting

The Wisdom of Anger

September 7, 2024 | Renée Fishman

Our culture tells us that anger is bad. We even have a lexicon of substitute words for “anger.” But anger is a normal emotion that can teach us some profound lessons, if we embrace it and allow it to be there.

Filed Under: Life Tagged With: advice, anger, coaching, emotions, frustration, mindfulness

Why “Eat the Frog” is the Worst Productivity Advice

September 3, 2024 | Renée Fishman

In the canons of productivity advice, the advice to “eat the frog” — to do your most difficult task first — is the worst. Here’s why it’s flawed and what to do instead.

Filed Under: ADHD, Productivity Tagged With: ADHD, advice, coaching, effectiveness, myths, nervous system, overwhelm, priming, procrastination, productivity, strategies, tips

My Best Advice for New Bloggers

July 26, 2024 | Renée Fishman

I’ve been publishing a blog for over 10 years. Here is my best advice for new bloggers just starting out.

Filed Under: Coaching, Creating, Productivity, Writing Tagged With: advice, blogging, creating, creative process, lessons, tips, writing

A Guiding Principle For Everything You Do

March 15, 2024 | Renée Fishman

Any time you’re fixated on a certain action, process, or result, step back, take a breath, and consider this guiding principle.

Filed Under: Business, Coaching, CrossFit Tagged With: advice, coaching, depths, identity, productivity, surface, wisdom

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